4 September 2018

The latest Standard Risk Measure (SRM) for each Aberdeen Standard Investments fund is detailed in the attached article.

The SRM for each fund is calculated based on industry guidance to allow investors to compare investment options that are expected to deliver a similar number of negative annual returns over any 20 year period.

Change in the buy/sell spreads for some Aberdeen Funds

3 November 2017

Reissue of the Annual Financial Report for the Aberdeen Australian Floating Rate Income Fund ARSN 092 788 899

In September 2017 we notified you that the annual financial reports for the Aberdeen Funds were available for viewing or downloading from our website.

We have recently been made aware of a valuation error in the report for the Aberdeen Australian Floating Rate Income Fund (‘the Fund’) and, as a result, have issued an amended report on 30 October 2017.

30 September 2017

Standard Risk Measures
2017/2018

The latest Standard Risk Measure (SRM) for each Aberdeen fund is detailed in the attached article.

The SRM for each Aberdeen fund is calculated based on industry guidance to allow investors to compare investment options that are expected to deliver a similar number of negative annual returns over any 20 year period.

30 September 2017

Change to the Aberdeen Multi-Asset Income Fund (ARSN 088 906 585)

We would like to advise that we are making a change to the Aberdeen Multi-Asset Income Fund (‘the Fund’).

The Fund’s investment strategy primarily focusses on delivering an income yield to unitholders, at a rate determined at the start of each financial year, in addition to aiming to generate capital growth over the medium to long term to mitigate the effects of inflation.

Currently, up to 5% of the Fund can be invested in alternatives. From 30 September 2017 up to 15% of the Fund will be invested in alternatives to allow additional flexibility to meet this income and capital growth objective.

1 July 2017

Common Reporting Standard (CRS) requirements start 1 July 2017

There are new reporting requirements for accounts held in the Funds from 1 July 2017. The CRS is an OECD led framework to tackle and deter cross-border tax evasion. The CRS creates an international standard of due diligence and reporting rules for Financial Institutions to identify the accounts of foreign tax residents, and report certain information regarding the foreign tax resident account holder (and in the case of certain entities their controlling persons) to its local tax authority.

1 July 2017

New Attribution Managed Investment Trust (AMIT) tax regime

A new tax system for managed investment trusts has been enacted. A key feature of this new system is that a managed investment trust can elect to become an AMIT. The AMIT regime seeks to improve the operation of the taxation law for managed investment trusts by increasing certainty, allowing greater flexibility and reducing compliance costs.

Change in compliance plan auditor

1 December 2016

Aberdeen (‘we’, ‘us’) receives a management fee for managing the assets of the Aberdeen Diversified Fixed Income Fund (‘the Fund’). The management fee is paid from the assets of the Fund and is reflected in the unit price.

We are pleased to advise that we have reduced the management fee for the Fund.

From 1 December 2016 the management fee will be 0.45% pa (down from 0.60% pa).

October 2016

Standard Risk Measures 2016/2017

The latest Standard Risk Measure (SRM) for each Aberdeen fund is detailed in the attached article. The SRM for each Aberdeen fund is calculated based on industry guidance to allow investors to compare investment options that are expected to deliver a similar number of negative annual returns over any 20 year period.

Aberdeen Standard Investments is a brand of the investment businesses of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments.

Investment involves risk. The value of investments, and the income from them, can go down as well as up and an investor may get back less than the amount invested. Past performance is not a guide to future results.